the problems caused by oversaturation resulting from people going to school abroad and coming back for certification affect a lot of professions. lawyers have it way worse.
i think only the medical profession has stayed relatively insulated from this problem because of the static number of residency positions which acts as a gatekeeping function.

In off the HWL as of this morning! might have been the spot lemon_tree declined--thank you!!!
very excited. this was my 2nd year applying as I didn't do so great in the interviews last year.
don't lose hope, and if this is what you want to do, don't give up!

the early UofT offers resulted in some candidates cancelling their interviews at Schulich (i.e. the candidates that got UofT offers), meaning there is a stronger likelihood that there is less waitlist movement this year because there could be fewer candidates declining Schulich for UofT dental (since some of those accepted at UofT already cancelled their Schulich interview).
hopefully the schulich administration factored that into consideration for their HWL...